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Retailers pressure manufacturers

Grocery retailers and wholesalers are beginning to put pressure on their product suppliers to shoulder the cost of COOL. Retailers say that though they are liable for correct country-of-origin information and could face costly civil penalties, they are at the end of the food chain so far as knowing the origin of products and services.

October 31, 2003

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Bilingual packaging: ¿Qué pasa? (sidebar)

Hispanics’ growth in United States es muy grande.

October 31, 2003

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DVT partners with Phoenix Contact, CTC Parker, Iconics

DVT Corp. made several announcements at its global business conference this week regarding strategic alliances with Phoenix Contact, ICONICS, and CTC Parker.

October 31, 2003

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Canadian Club moves to PET

Hiram Walker & Sons recently completed a glass-to-PET conversion for three different sizes of its well-known Canadian Club-brand whiskey.

October 31, 2003

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CAL-POLY RECEIVES PRINTING SYSTEM

A Xenith Extreme Workflow Raster Image Processor (RIP) system will allow graphic communication students at Cal-Poly to learn with current printing industry technology.

October 31, 2003

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USDA redoing Food Pyramid

USDA is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the daily intake patterns that form the basis for its Food Guide Pyramid, a graphic representation of USDA’s recommendations for how much of each food group people should eat daily.

October 31, 2003

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Reno Cruz named member of KHS managing board

Reno N. Cruz, Jr. has been appointed to the world-wide Managing Executive Board (Chief Operating Officer) of KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG.

September 30, 2003

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Polytainers implements HACCP

Polytainers’ Toronto plant has implemented a food safety system in compliance with Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP).

September 30, 2003

Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Luminescence sensors

Banner Engineering’s new QL Series of microprocessor-controlled luminescence sensors detect luminescence inherent in a material or sense luminophores added to a material in process to make it luminescent.

September 30, 2003

Plant Operations & Equipment

Pepperl + Fuchs: Photoelectric sensors

Pepperl+Fuchs Series-28 universal photoelectric sensors are available in diffused mode with background suppression and in polarized retro-reflective mode with a foreground suppression option.

September 30, 2003

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At a glance: Overseas packaging purchasing

Overseas packaging purchasing

September 30, 2003

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Achievements

Paul Hlarin (above) at AEP Industries (South Hackensack, NJ) accepts The United Group’s Industrial Packaging Supplier of the Year Award.

September 30, 2003